VIOLENCE PREVENTION AGENCY

SAFETY THROUGH STRATEGY

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The Violence Prevention Agency is committed to reducing the number and severity of incidents of violence by effectively training and assisting others to implement ongoing, proactive violence prevention and intervention strategies. The VPA’s best practice methods are designed to detect, investigate, manage, reduce, and resolve behavior that compromises the safety and wellbeing of individuals and organizations.

Violence prevention is a proactive, strategic approach directed at preventing and reducing incidents of violence and enhancing the sense of security and safety, to positively influence the quality of life in our society and develop cultures where violence cannot flourish.

Just hours be­fore Pres­id­ent Obama met with fam­il­ies of the vic­tims of the Umpqua Com­munity Col­lege mas­sacre in Ore­gon, a North­ern Ari­zona Uni­versity stu­dent shot class­mates fol­low­ing an al­ter­ca­tion in a park­ing lot. There would be more fatal gun vi­ol­ence at a school in Texas that same day.

In the wake of such tra­gedies, the re­ac­tion has be­come routine: a flurry of “thoughts and pray­ers,” calls for in­creased gun con­trol on the Left, re­but­tals...

SOON AFTER THE school year started in September 2000, a police officer working at McNary High in Keizer, Oregon, got a tip about a junior named Erik Ayala. The 16-year-old had told another student that "he was mad at 'preps' and was going to bring a gun in." Ayala struck the officer as quiet, depressed. He confided that "he was not happy with school or with himself" but insisted he had no intention of hurting others. Two months later, Ayala tried to kill himself by swallowing a fistful of Aleve tablets. H...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Thirteen flight attendants filed a federal complaint Wednesday against United Airlines saying they were fired for refusing to fly from San Francisco to Hong Kong on a plane with the words "BYE BYE" and a pair of faces scrawled on it, their attorneys said Wednesday.

The flight attendants filed the whistleblower complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor, saying the drawings included images that could be cons...

In the news

Dr. Tau Braun, Executive Director of the Violence Prevention Agency, will be presenting, “Planning & Responding to Active Shooter and Complex Attack Incidents" with Scott Cormier of MedExcel and David Gerstner of Dayton Fire Department at the Annual National Healthcare Preparedness Conference in San Diego on December 3rd, 2015.

If you would like to schedule Dr. Braun to present at your organization, event or online, email training@vpahq.com

Michelle Gay, Capt. Bob Martin, and Dr. Tau Braun to present at Security100K-12 in Scottsdale, Arizona December 9th as the opening panel keynote:

Three incredible thought leaders from extremely varied backgrounds come together to share their journey and challenges on improving K-12 Security. How can you as an individual substantially champion the safety and security cause while at the same time embracing the school communities thoughts on how to protect the integrity of a positive school climate? The evolution regarding K-12 security is a blend of “we must change” and a culture of traditional ways to secure schools. How did we get here? How will we move forward? What’s the next chapter?